Shoe polishing wax applicator



Jan. 26, 1954 G. G. .JAMlEsoN 2,666,938

SHOE POLISHING WAX APPLICATOR Filed Aug. 12, 1948 d. 6I. Jmz'eaz INVENTOR l l BY A' "14 ATTORNEYS Q Patented Jan. 26, 1954 i 1l 'il'iEiD -S TA 5 George C. Jamieson, Gakland, Calif.,'assi'gnor to PDouglass Automatic ShoeshiningiCog-Inc.,:Oak-

iland, Calif.

applicaties august 12, 1948,1'se1fia1n0-431so7 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a shoe polishing wax applicator, and more particularly to wax applicators designed primarily for use in connection with coin-controlled automatic shoe shining machines, the applicator affording means whereby a person may supply the necessary polishing wax to the shoe prior to positioning the shoe in the machine for engagement with the movable polishing elements.

An important object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of this character, embodying pivoted sections movable towards and away from each other so that the device may adjust itself for use with shoes of various widths.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an applicator which includes a duster or cleaning element disposed at the open front end of the housing of the applicator, whereby the shoe to be polished will be cleaned of foreign matter such as mud, dust or the like, thereby cleaning the shoe for the application of the polishing wax.

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts, hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim. it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Referring to the drawing Figure l is a longitudinal sectional View through an applicator housing, constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3--3 of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference character 5 indicates the body portion or cabinet of a coin-controlled automatic shoe polishingr machine, which is provided with an opening in the front wall thereof to accommodate the housing 6 of the applicator.

The applicator housing comprises a dat bottom 'l and a curved top 8, the front of the housing being open.

Rising from the bottom l, are spaced flanges 9 and end flanges l0 that cooperate with the flanges 9 in providing a compartment for the foot rest il which embodies a plate having downturned flanges iitted between flanges lil. The foot rest also includes a block of sponge rubber I2 that lends resiliency to the foot rest for the comfort of the person placing his foot in the applicator. This sponge rubber also tends to force 2 the foot and shoe upwardly against the applicator pad.

The applicator pads which are indicated by the reference character l2 are supported in the pivoted applicator members I3 that are provided with tubular bearings I4 that in turn receive the pivot pin l5, whereby the pivoted applicator members are free to swing towards and away from each other, adjusting themselves for the particular width of the shoe inserted therebetween. These pads i2' are constructed of rubber covered with a cloth material presenting a shoe shining surface.

Coiled springs i6 connect with the applicator members I3 and the flanges 9, the springs I6 acting to normally draw the movable ends of the applicator members inwardly towards each other.

Each applicator member Vincludes the pad il constructed of material such as canvas or duck which has absorbing qualities to absorb the wax and apply only a limited quantity of wax as the shoe is moved thereagainst. This pad l1 is backed up by the rubber blocks it which allow the pads to yield or move inwardly as a wide or exceptionally large shoe is positioned within the open end of the applicator housing.

As clearly shown by Fig. 1 of the drawing, the front edges of the upper and lower walls of the applicator housing, are formed with flanges i9 that cooperate with the plate 20 in securing the cleaning member 2| in position adjacent to the open end of the applicator housing. AThis cleaning member 2| is constructed of fibrous material and is arranged to provide an opening that registers with the open front of the applicator, so that when a person positions his shoe in the applicator, the cleaning member will remove foreign matter such as mud or dirt from the shoe prior to the passage of the shoe into the applicator housing to receive an application of polishing wax prior to positioning the shoe between the movable polishing members of the shoe polishing machine.

From the foregoing it will be seen that due to the construction shown and described, I have provided a means for applying shoe polishing wax or paste to a shoe in such a way that the applicator will automatically adjust itself to various widths of shoes so that the application of the polishing wax will take place under the necessary pressure.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

.A shoe polishing applicator comprising a hous- .ing having an open end adapted to be secured within an opening in the front wall of a shoe polishing machine, the open end of said housing adapted to be disposed outwardly of said front Wall, a pair of shoe paste applying members swinging` about a horizontal axis, mounted within the housing movable towards and away from each other above the bottom thereof, said paste applying members being spaced apart providing a shoe opening in alignment with the open end of the housing, spaced upstanding anges with-` in said housing rising from the bottom of the housing, a foot rest including a block of rubber tted between the anges, said foot rest embodying a plate resting on the upper surface of the block of rubber, coiled springs connected between the laterally swinging shoe paste applying members and upstanding flanges normally bias- 4 ing said shoe paste applying members towards each other, and a cleaning member disposed at the open front end of the housing into which a shoe to be polished, is extended, for contact with the shoe paste applying members.

GEORGE G. JAMIESON.

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